TripAdvisor Reviews Sofitel Bora Bora Marara Beach Resort

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Decided to take the Sofitel transport into the town to do some shopping. Let's be clear here, there is rarely anything complimentary in bora bora, sometimes its value for money, sometimes it's not. It costs (vaguely) $13AUD each way per person but they charge a return trip to your room. Problem being they leave from the hotel only 3 times a day, …

Getting out of bed in time for the 10am cut off for breakfast is becoming a challenge we are failing to rise to with great success. Literally. As mentioned before there are two options for breakfast, American and continental. Though the price differs we were not able to discern how they knew what you'd had, seemingly using the empty plates as a …

The cars are solar powered, and so very tiny that the passenger sits behind the driver, with little space for baggage. After the back seat passenger screamed out a couple of times 'we are all going to die', the driver soon got the hang of driving on the right hand side of the road, dodging pot holes and dogs, and he said it was quite easy to drive, with a top speed of 47kms per hour. He even had the cheek to suggest that ...

... was a lovely sunny day and we went for a walk, had a nice lunch and downloaded as much as we could onto our tablets knowing we would be going dark for 5 days. Wills enjoyed a GF chicken burger as his last New Zealand meal.

... to be a special friend of Patrick’s. Everyone on our canoe looked out for me and made sure that I was O.K. Patrick serenaded us again. (Picture a good looking Tahitian man with tattoos wearing next to nothing.) Then Moana drove the canoe past popular Matira Beach and resorts with the expensive bungalows on poles above the water. We could see the islands of Raiatea and Ta’aha in the distance. Magnificent views of paradise.